American singer-songwriter

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has won 73 awards, including five

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, four

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, eight ''Billboard'' Music Awards, seven

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, three

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, six

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, and one Brit Award. After beginning her career with two

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-exclusive EPs, SZA signed to the label Top Dawg Entertainment in 2013, under which she released her third EP and her debut studio album, '' Ctrl'' (2017). Due to her work on the album, she earned her first five Grammy nominations and landed herself many Best New Artist nods, winning the ones for the Soul Train Music Awards in

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and for the BET Awards in

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. Highly acclaimed by critics, ''Ctrl'' has appeared in several lists of the best 2010s albums as well as the best debut albums of all time. Before she released her second studio album, ''

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'' (2022), SZA appeared in collaborations with several artists, including

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with " All the Stars" in 2018. Their song, recorded for the soundtrack of the film ''

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'', introduced SZA to several film award nominations, such as an

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for Best Original Song, a Critics' Choice Award for Best Song, and a

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for Best Original Song. "All the Stars", and the soundtrack, placed on several lists of the best music made for films by publications like '' Little White Lies''. Another of SZA's collaborations, " Kiss Me More" with

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(2021), earned SZA her first Grammy ( Best Pop Duo/Group Performance). In 2023, ''SOS'' received Album of the Year at the

and the

, and it was placed alongside ''Ctrl'' at ''

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'' list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. At the 2024 Grammy Awards, SZA was the musician with the most nominations, specifically nine. Increasing her Grammy wins to four, she won Best Progressive R&B Album for ''SOS'' alongside two other awards for two of its tracks. That same year, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked the album's fifth single " Kill Bill" as one of the 500 greatest songs of all time and the subsequent single " Snooze" as one of the greatest R&B songs of the 21st century.

Awards and nominations

Listicles

References

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